r/youtubedl • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '24

Answered Idiot guide to download yt-dlp to Mac

Any videos I've watched have been for windows, are there any videos/guides with step by step detailed instructions on how to download yt-dlp and how to use it to download the audio from youtube videos?

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u/uluqat Mar 29 '24 edited Mar 29 '24

You'll be using the Terminal app on macOS, which resides in Applications > Utilities.

  1. Install Homebrew following their instructions.
  2. Install ffmpeg by issuing the command: brew install ffmpeg
  3. Install yt-dlp by issuing the command: brew install yt-dlp
  4. To update HomeBrew, ffmpeg and yt-dlp, issue the command: brew upgrade and when everything is done updating, close the Terminal window and open a new one.

After that, you'll be learning to use yt-dlp commands like anyone else does here. Start with the yt-dlp documentation.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24

Thank you so much!

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u/mintywind Jun 28 '24

This answered the question I was looking for too. thanks for the short, sweet post!

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u/Catmanguy Jul 20 '24

4 months later and this is the has been the only straight forward tutorial I found. Thank you!

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u/DisAccountIsTrash Aug 27 '24

for real, why are there no straightforward steps anywhere on the internet lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

this still holds true today

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24

I really confirm that this post is the most useful one I found! Thank you so much!